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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

1,185 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 60

Mine Hold-up Legal Action Under Review

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 1

Trade union officials said to-night the calls to unionists to stop WO[?] over the McPhillips case met [?] mixed reception because the issue did…

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35-Hour Week Claim Miners' Case Ends

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) finished hearing evidence today by the Miners' Federation in support of…

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Inquest on Death of Mine Accident Victim

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 2

Giving evidence into the death of Alvin McCarthy iri the Coroner's Court this morning, Mr. Jack Evans, a workmate of deceased, said he…

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Mines Working Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 1

All mines on the northern fields were working today, and as all mines also worked last Thursday mine workers have qualified for two days…

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Northern Miners Protest Over "McPhillips" Stoppages

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 3

The northern miners management board has received a number of motions of protest from northern miners lodges against…

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Smoking in Mines Men Will Break Themselves of Habit

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 1

Men working in mines will eventually break themselves out of the habit of smoking underground, said the secretary of the…

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Senator Ashley Investigating Miners' Charges

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 6

The Minister for Shipping and Fuel, Senator W. P. Ashley, is meeting mine owners' representatives in Newcastle to-day to discuss coal…

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History Of Coal In Australia Informative Rotary Lecture

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 4

As far as he could find out coal was first discovered in New South Wales in 1796 or 1797 and the locality was in the area around Newcastle, said Mr. George Bower, in an address to Cessnock Rotary Club recently…

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Reconstruction of Miners' Offices

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 2

Instructed by the Western Management Board to proceed with the remodelling of the Miners' Office in Mort -street the executive is…

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Books on Review "Glint of Gold."

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 5

Gold has a fascination, and a lure all itfs own and the man who can write, convincingly and authoritatively almost cannot fail to…

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Coal Shortage Affects Goods Traffic Partial Closure of Yards

National Advocate · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: All railway [?] in N.S.W. will be closed from midnight tonight until midnight next Monday for the handling of traffic,…

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Big Demands by Coal Miners SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 25 April 1949 · page 1

The Miners' Federation has asked for a conference to consider a 35-hour week, long service leave, a weekly increase in…

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Joint Coal Board To Spend £15,480 On Reserve

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 3

Practically the whole of the estimated cost of constructing sports arena on the Recreation Reserve will be met by the Joint Coal Board. This was revealed at Inst night's City Council meeting…

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Gold Fort Appeals Withdrawn

Central Western Daily · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 8

The connections of the race horses, Gold Fort, who lodged appeals with the Western District Racing Association…

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Member Advocates Coal "Washing" Plants

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 6

Plant for the extraction of stone and oilier impurities from coal required for Bunnerong and similar industrial undertakings…

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Council Protest to Railways Unfair Penalties On Coal Trucks

Central Western Daily · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 5

Representations will be made to the Minister for Transport by Orange City Council against the penalty of double demurrage now levied On railway tracks detained in…

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Four Mines Idle

National Advocate · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Four coal mines in NSW—three northern and one southern—were idle today for an estimated loss of 2500 tons of coal…

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Good Four Days' Coal Total

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 2

With all western mines wording steadily throughout the four-day working period, more than 52,000 tons of coal were produced on this…

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Meeting of Mining Engineers

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

To-night's meeting of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy', to be held in the Bridge-street Parish Hall will be attended by 70…

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Appeal to Miners Coal Board Chief's Statement SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 2

Mineworkers would have to work on every passible day from now on to win enough coal to boast supplies for the winter months, said the…

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